Interview Tips

How to beat nervousness in a job interview

January 18, 2012 Interview Tips

No matter how talented/knowledgeable/experienced you are, a single mistake during the course of an interview can topple your chances of selection. The interviewer, almost always looks for reasons not to select a candidate at the first place. Many a time, the interviewer draws (wrong) conclusions based on the candidate’s body language that the candidate is [...]

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Interview with Karthik, an MS Graduate working for INTEL in the USA

September 20, 2011 Education

Srimannarayana Karthik, a 25 year old Indian International student of University of Southern California is a role model for all upcoming engineers. He didn’t compromise his dream of getting a CORE job for anything else in this world. He pursued his love for VLSI (Very-Large-Scale-Integration) designing and recently joined Intel as a Design Engineer. The [...]

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Why should I hire you? — Frequently asked interview question

August 26, 2011 HR

Here is a tricky Interview question that is asked in almost every interview: “Why should I hire you?” The trouble with this question is that this is a trap. The interviewer evaluates your attitude and self confidence while simultaneously evaluating your honesty and spontaneity. If you are not prepared with this question prior to the [...]

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How to write “career objective” for your resume

February 14, 2011 HR

Interviewers use the Career Objective section as a an ice breaker to start conversation with the candidate. It is the first thing that an interviewer notices when he scans your resume. As a first question in the interview, you are likely to be asked to explain your career objective. You are expected to give an [...]

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On-campus interviews are easier to crack than off-campus?

September 12, 2010 Interview Tips

According to many recruiters that I recently talked to, the quality of students selected in an on campus drive is usually better than quality of those selected in an off campus placement. They say that one of the reasons is the strict filtering criteria for appearing for on-campus campus interviews – first class in Bachelors, [...]

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Will ability to write a Helloworld program fetch you a software job?

September 5, 2010 Interview Tips

Are you a college student studying MCA, BSc or Engineering in India? doesn’t matter whether you are an electronics/electrical/mechanical/chemical/civil engineer, you might be knowing by now that you can get a software job  with some efforts. Your friend or senior or even a relative might have as well given you a brief overview of how [...]

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3 Qualities that recruiters look for in freshers

July 28, 2010 HR

Are you a fresher curious to know the psychology of a recruiter? Read on. The recruiter’s aim in taking an interview is to filter candidates and choose the best fit candidates that are beneficial to the company. To choose from, there are thousands of freshers holding the same degree, falling in a common range of [...]

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Print your code before a job interview

July 1, 2010 Interview Tips

To those who are new to this blog, I’m a software engineer by profession. I am a proud geek who loves technical stuff. A day before attending a  job interview, I print a couple of codes that I have written and carry them with me. This helps me more than in one way to clear [...]

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Top 5 Interview hacks

March 23, 2010 Interview Tips

Job Interviews are much feared. People get nervous over and again in each interview they do. Few believe that luck is the most important factor for success in interview, while others believe that interview depends completely on preparation. Everyone has got their opinion, but no one knows the sure-shot secret to interview success. In my [...]

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Different kinds of interviewers and tips to tackle them

March 11, 2010 HR

Every interviewer has their own style of evaluating a candidate. Some interviewers make the hiring decision within ten minutes, while some of them do an extended and an in-depth interview. There is every possibility that a candidate hired by one kind of interviewer may not be selected by another kind of interview. Interview is a [...]

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